(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone is ~ed by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
His car was held up and he was ~ed by four gunmen...
She was charged with ~ing a six-month-old child.
= kidnap
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ion (~ions)
...the ~ion of four youths.
N-VAR
~or (~ors)
She co-operated with her ~or.
N-COUNT